VILNIUS, Lithuania & DENVER– Backed by international investors, Atrandi Biosciences is establishing a direct team to support customers in the U.S. and advancing the global commercialization of its breakthrough microfluidic and single-cell analysis technologies.
Following a $4.8 million funding round led by Vsquared Ventures and completed by Practica Capital and Metaplanet, the microfluidics specialist will provide researchers around the world with the tools and support to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation, from individualised treatment for cancer patients to new and effective therapies for a wide range of other diseases.
“Over twenty years after the human genome was sequenced, science still lacks a fundamental understanding of biology. The main barrier has been the lack of high-throughput, viable technology to culture, manipulate and rigorously analyse biological samples at the level of individual cells,” said Juozas Nainys, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Atrandi Biosciences. “With our new semi-permeable capsule technology, we overcome these limitations and give scientists the tools necessary to fully unleash the potential of single-cell experiments, next-generation genome sequencing, AI-driven drug discovery or personalised medicine.”
Innovations in microfluidics have enabled the study of blood, tumors, pathogens, engineered cell lines, and other samples at individual cell resolution. However, these studies lack the necessary biological information content and scale to fully realise the benefits. The limitations of conventional microfluidic technologies include high cost, limited applicability to different workflow types, and a limited number of single-cell data points analysed.
With its proprietary semi-permeable capsule technology, Atrandi delivers a next-generation platform that overcomes all these bottlenecks. By delivering efficient and reliable molecular analysis tools, embracing an open-source approach to assay designs and consumables, and providing world-class scientific support, the Atrandi team is therefore empowering researchers to drastically improve their single-cell and single-molecule workflows.
